Littlehampton Community School - Student Organisation

Student Organisation

In its final years, the school left its historical house system in favour of a year-based system. The house system involved students being sorted into one of five houses (all named after hills located in West Sussex; Amberley, Bignor, Chantry, Highdown and Rackham). In contrast to this, a reorganisation in 2004 saw students being sorted into one of three 'learning teams' (all named after species of trees; Larch (Red), Chestnut (Yellow) and Sycamore (Blue), (the initials subsequently spelling 'LCS')). The main difference in the latter system was the establishment of five 'Head of Year' posts. The school's uniform at the time of closure was strongly based on the learning teams system, with students wearing sweatshirts and polo shirts in their own team colour (Larch - Red; Chestnut - Yellow; Sycamore - Blue). In addition to this, all students were required to wear smart black trousers and shoes. The school made use of the 'learning teams' in the annual Athletics Morning which was held on the final day of each academic year, where the respective teams from all five years groups joined together to compete.